I feel like I am dying of cynicism.

[NNadir]

It's very difficult to face my children believing that we are past the point of no return, vastly past it.

I think nothing will work. I don't believe in any thing any more. Happily I'm to cynical and too cowardly to actually tell my children what I really think.

This sounds like an occassion for a happy smiley. :-)

[Shine]

1. I'm sorry to hear that, NNadir.

I offer you a :hug:

I recently read a book that deeply moved me, called "The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen's Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear", edited by Paul Rogat Loeb
http://www.paulloeb.org/newimp/impindex.htm

It's an excellent, uplifting and inspiring book that is filled with essays from all sorts of very well-known leaders. Do yourself a favor and check it out, if you haven't already.

In one of the essays, called "The Optimism of Uncertainty", by Howard Zinn, he writes: "Pessimism becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy; it reproduces itself by crippling our willingness to act." Powerful stuff. Wise words.

I believe we are all part of a chain of big-hearted people who care about the Earth, about the life that gives it fruitfulness, and about a world where rights would be respected, children cherished and peace prevail. We have to be part of something larger than ourselves, because our dreams are often bigger than our lifetimes.